Normative characteristics

Normative characteristics normative material properties of the artifact relative to inherent design characteristics. 

Normative characteristics are a function of materials and design. The practitioner should work toward establishing both a material and an environmental profile that will be interpreted through physical and mechanical laws. The greater the accuracy and scope of the data base, the more predictable the outcome of the treatment will be. Evaluation includes the following areas. 

The second major component of the evaluation equation is the dysfunction characteristics. Properties of a degraded artifact are the product of the artifact s normative characteristics and the particular type of diminution it has sustained. Dysfunction characteristics are properties of the degraded structure. 

Incipient decay of exterior surfaces. The external surface of the artifact has been diminished. The inner structure remains solid and retains normative characteristics. A simple field test can be made by measuring the resistance or depth of penetration while probing with a narrow-gauge needle along the grain axis. The region of decay can be subjectively defined for depth and scope. 

Figure 24. Carving block configuration used to determine normative characteristics of the figurehead artifact.

R.K. Merton (1942). In this essay Merton proposed four norms characteristic of science (1) universalism — a scientific trath-claim is vahd no matter who proposes it (2) communism — aU scientific knowledge and ideas should be freely shared by the community (3) disinterestedness — the scientist should not favour any position for ideological reasons and (4) organized scepticism — that no area of research should be off limits for scientific research. 

Next, we select some pillar" compounds inside each or some of those subclasses, i.e., those having the highest norm of the characteristic vector. We can employ two pillars, the lowest (that with the lowest norm) along with the highest , and keep only those compounds which are reasonably dissimilar to the pillar (or to both pillars). The threshold of reasonability" is to be set by the user. 

Human factors considerations include determining the characteristics of the population in the area where the facility will draw its labor force. Factors such as educational levels, languages, norms, and environmental conditions should be considered because they can have a significant impact on later stages of the design process. 

Variance, 269 of a distribution, 120 significance of, 123 of a Poisson distribution, 122 Variational equations of dynamical systems, 344 of singular points, 344 of systems with n variables, 345 Vector norm, 53 Vector operators, 394 Vector relations in particle collisions, 8 Vectors, characteristic, 67 Vertex, degree of, 258 Vertex, isolated, 256 Vidale, M. L., 265 Villars, P.,488 Von Neumann, J., 424 Von Neumann projection operators, 461... 

The source of some of the difficulties encountered in trying to explain the effects of structural changes on ionization rates may be due to the different parts played by the solvent, as for example, the sulfur dioxide of the trityl chloride equilibrium experiments and the aqueous acetone of the benzhydryl chloride rate data. The solvent is bound to modify the effect of a substituent, and although the solvent is usually ignored in discussing substituent effects this is because of a scarcity of usable data and not because the importance of the solvent is not realized "... solvation energy and entropy are the most characteristic determinants of reactions in solution, and... for this class of reactions no norm exists which does not take primary account of solvation. 220 Precisely how best to take account of solvation is an unanswered problem that is the subject of much current research. 

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The "important qualification" is that a mere commonality of behavior, norms, values, beliefs, or concepts in a certain group does not by itself constitute a pattern of culture. In addition to these shared characteristics I require, as Charles Taylor (1971) says in a different context, that the sharing itself be shared. I require, that is, that the members of the group are aware of the fact that others hold similar norms, values or beliefs or that they can be expected to behave in a similar manner. Whether or not one also makes it part of the definition that each member is aware that others are aware of this fact, and so on, these higher-order beliefs can usually be assumed to obtain. 

As illustrated, here a single variable (the maximum temperature) is chosen as a characteristic function of the solution. For the premixed twin flame, this is a good choice. However, in other circumstances, like an opposed-flow diffusion flame, the choice of a characteristic scalar is less clear. Vlachos avoids the need for a choice by using a norm of the full-solution vector to characterize the solution in the arc length [415,416], The Nish-... 

Lipids are important macromolecules in food. A food product s nutritional value as well as its flavor, texture, general palatability, and storage stability are affected by lipids. Therefore, both physical and chemical criteria are needed by the food processor to assess or monitor the quality of fats and oils. The basic characteristics of certain food items, such as edible oils, will be dependent upon their source. Variation from these norms can be ascertained before the oils are used in other foodstuffs. In effect, knowledge of the quality of the lipid before shipping the product to market, or use in fabricated foods, is of economic importance to the processor. 

Bode BW, Schwartz S, Stubbs HA, Block JE. Glycemic characteristics in continuously monitored patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes normative values. Diabetes Care 2005, 28, 2361-2366. 

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